1st REPLY
Our Ref: LTA/VTL/VS/VE/F20.000.000/7276
Date : 30-Apr-2011
Tel: 1800 2255 582
Fax: 6553 5329
Dear XXXXXX
DRL - Daytime Running Light (LED)
FEEDBACK NUMBER: 20110418-3029
Please refer to your enquiry of 18 April 2011.
We would like to inform you that all cars to be registered for use in Singapore are required to comply with the registration and technical requirements set out in the Road Traffic Act (RTA) and its subsidiary legislation such as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) Rules, etc. This is to safeguard the interest of the vehicle users and other road users.
We wish to clarify that currently, we do allow factory-fitted Daytime Running Lights (DRL) that are certified to meet the said regulations by the vehicle manufacturers to be fitted on their vehicles. Vehicle manufacturers, who have designed and installed DRLs in their vehicles, would do so according to internationally recognised vehicle safety standards such as the UNECE R48 and R87. This is to ensure that the DRLs installed do not cause unnecessary glare to other road users and dim or turn off at the appropriate times.
However, we do not allow the retrofitting of aftermarket DRLs on existing vehicles which are not originally designed with the system unless it is duly certified by the vehicle manufacturer that it is safe to do so. We would also like to highlight that aftermarket DRLs, including those retrofitted into the existing fog lamps/ headlamps, would have the propensity to cause glare and distraction to other motorists when incorrectly fitted. Hence, such retrofitting kits are not allowed unless the vehicle manufacturer could endorse on the design and installation that such modifications have been made to the lighting system.
You may wish to check with the official local agent of your vehicle on the availability of aftermarket DRL kits that are suitable for your make and model of car. They can assist you in submitting an application to the Vehicle Engineering Division for a DRL designed specifically for your vehicle. We would require the relevant documents and test report of the aftermarket DRL to show that your vehicle, when fitted with the particular DRLs, can continue to meet internationally vehicle safety standards. We will advise them more specifically once we have reviewed the documents.
We hope that the above clarifies. Should you have further enquires, please do not hesitate to contact my colleagues, Mr Vincent Tan at tel: 6553 5701 or Mr Roshan George at tel: 6553 5170.
We thank you for writing in.
Yours sincerely
(SIGNED IN LOTUS NOTES)
CEDRIC SEE WEE THAI
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
VEHICLE ENGINEERING DIVISION
LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
Our Ref: LTA/VTL/VS/VE/F20.000.000/7276
Date : 30-Apr-2011
Tel: 1800 2255 582
Fax: 6553 5329
Dear XXXXXX
DRL - Daytime Running Light (LED)
FEEDBACK NUMBER: 20110418-3029
Please refer to your enquiry of 18 April 2011.
We would like to inform you that all cars to be registered for use in Singapore are required to comply with the registration and technical requirements set out in the Road Traffic Act (RTA) and its subsidiary legislation such as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) Rules, etc. This is to safeguard the interest of the vehicle users and other road users.
We wish to clarify that currently, we do allow factory-fitted Daytime Running Lights (DRL) that are certified to meet the said regulations by the vehicle manufacturers to be fitted on their vehicles. Vehicle manufacturers, who have designed and installed DRLs in their vehicles, would do so according to internationally recognised vehicle safety standards such as the UNECE R48 and R87. This is to ensure that the DRLs installed do not cause unnecessary glare to other road users and dim or turn off at the appropriate times.
However, we do not allow the retrofitting of aftermarket DRLs on existing vehicles which are not originally designed with the system unless it is duly certified by the vehicle manufacturer that it is safe to do so. We would also like to highlight that aftermarket DRLs, including those retrofitted into the existing fog lamps/ headlamps, would have the propensity to cause glare and distraction to other motorists when incorrectly fitted. Hence, such retrofitting kits are not allowed unless the vehicle manufacturer could endorse on the design and installation that such modifications have been made to the lighting system.
You may wish to check with the official local agent of your vehicle on the availability of aftermarket DRL kits that are suitable for your make and model of car. They can assist you in submitting an application to the Vehicle Engineering Division for a DRL designed specifically for your vehicle. We would require the relevant documents and test report of the aftermarket DRL to show that your vehicle, when fitted with the particular DRLs, can continue to meet internationally vehicle safety standards. We will advise them more specifically once we have reviewed the documents.
We hope that the above clarifies. Should you have further enquires, please do not hesitate to contact my colleagues, Mr Vincent Tan at tel: 6553 5701 or Mr Roshan George at tel: 6553 5170.
We thank you for writing in.
Yours sincerely
(SIGNED IN LOTUS NOTES)
CEDRIC SEE WEE THAI
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
VEHICLE ENGINEERING DIVISION
LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
